Women’s Basketball Defeats LSSU Thursday

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Northern Michigan University women’s basketball team got back in the win column on Thursday (Jan. 24) evening with a 58-52 victory over Lake Superior State University from Bud Cooper Gymnasium. The Wildcats placed four players in double figures and led the whole second half to earn the win.

With the win, NMU is now 10-7 overall and 7-6 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. LSSU is 5-12 overall and 4-9 in conference action.

The ‘Cats led by seven (53-46) with 2:51 left in the game. The Lakers scored four straight on a pair of free throws and a layup to cut the lead down to three. LSSU missed two three-pointers down the stretch while Northern hit 5-of-6 from the charity stripe, including four by Gruber, to seal the six-point win.

NMU finished the game shooting 35.2 percent (18-for-51) from the field and buried 18-of-21 (85.7 percent) free throw tries. Makela and Gruber each finished with eight rebounds. Gruber added three steals while Colla had four assists.